Caught Short
6.2
“Take a tip in the Happiness Market and win a Million in Laughs!”
Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.
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Cast
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Marie Dressler
Marie Jones
Known for
Dinner at Eight
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Polly Moran
Polly Smith
Known for
Adam's Rib
Show People
Anita Page
Genevieve Jones
Known for
The Broadway Melody
Charles Morton
William Smith
Also in
Four Sons
4 Devils
Thomas Conlin
Frankie
No other roles listed
Douglas Haig
Johnny
Also in
Skippy
Attorney for the Defense
Nanci Price
Priscilla
Also in
The Girl in the Show
The Enchanted Cottage
Greta Mann
Sophy
No other roles listed
Charles Reisner Director · Joseph H. Johnson Writer Willard Mack Story
United States release May 10, 1930 · Produced in United States · Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
Cosmopolitan Productions
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 10, 1930
Theatrical
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